TKICHOPTERYX. 305 



(juadi'ute, deeply asperate in curved transverse rows, apices 



nearly straigl it ; legs moderately long. L. ^^ ]. Very rare. 



T. convexiuscula, Mots, (convexa, Sliarp's Cat.) 



Ill, Upper-side entirely Llack or l)ronze-]ilac;k. 



2. Antennae pitch-black. 



A A, Antennae short. 



Nearly ovate, convex. Deep black, with short gray liairs ; 

 legs yellow ; under-side black, abdomen lighter, moutli, 

 apex of metasternum and coxae yellow. Head large, 

 slightly prominent, tuberculate, eyes prominent ; tliorax 

 broadest near base, strongly bordered at sides, with curved 

 transverse rows of large tubercles ; elytra sliglitly longer 

 than head and thorax, rather feebly asperate in remote, 

 curved, transverse rows, strongly narrowed l)e]und in male, 

 less so in female ; sides straight, apices only slightly 

 rounded. L. -^^ 1. Kare. T. anthracina, Mat. 



J5 J5. Antennae long. 



Ovate, somewhat flat. Black, scantily covered with short 

 pale hairs ; legs yellow ; under-side black, with moutli and 

 coxae yellowish. Head prominent, with small tubercles, 

 eyes prominent ; thorax broadest near base, feebly bordered 

 at sides, with rather large tubercles placed irregularly and 

 closely in transverse rows, interstices smooth, each side of 

 base with a transverse depression ; elytra not longer than 

 head and thorax, deeply asperate in almost straight trans- 

 verse rows, strongly narrowed behind, apices only slightly 

 rounded. L. -{^ 1. Very rare. T. attenuata, Gyll. 



2, Antennae yellowish. 



A A, Upper-side deep black. 



a a. Elytra longer than head and thorax. 



Nearly oval, convex, rather scantily covered with short 

 pale hairs. Legs yellow ; under-side black, with mouth and 

 coxae yellow. Head prominent, with small tubercles, eyes 

 rather prominent ; thorax broadest at base, with curved 

 rows of small tubercles, sides only slightly rounded ; elytra 

 somewhat narrowed behind, asperate in close, curved, trans- 

 verse rows, apices rounded. L. -j^ — ^ 1. Eather common. 



T. fascicularis, Herbst. 



h h. p]lytra not lonq-cn" than head and thorax. 



